Analytical Skills Job Trends

Analytical Skills
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 13 18
Rank change year-on-year -3 +5 +3
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 5,198 5,982 4,640
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 8.77% 10.82% 9.02%
As % of the General category 14.66% 16.47% 14.22%
Number of salaries quoted 2,524 2,554 3,230
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -1.79% +1.82%
75th Percentile £71,250 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,967 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.71% +1.93% -

All General Skills
UK

Analytical Skills falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring general skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 35,465 36,319 32,639
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 59.81% 65.72% 63.43%
Number of salaries quoted 19,185 16,962 23,964
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -1.93%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £102,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -4.76%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Analytical Skills relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Analytical Skills job vacancy trend in the UK

Analytical Skills
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Analytical Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Analytical Skills

Analytical Skills
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Analytical Skills in the UK

Analytical Skills
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Analytical Skills within the UK over the 6 months to 30 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -5 4,500 £50,000 -9.09% 7,023
UK excluding London -9 3,334 £45,000 -11.71% 6,427
Work from Home +6 1,811 £51,750 -7.59% 3,199
London +2 1,544 £67,500 +3.85% 1,222
South East +5 858 £50,000 - 1,738
North of England -14 788 £42,500 -19.05% 1,421
Midlands -12 607 £43,750 -9.33% 1,174
North West -12 416 £43,000 -18.10% 767
South West +3 387 £45,000 -14.29% 726
West Midlands -13 359 £52,500 +5.00% 621
Scotland +1 322 £40,000 -33.33% 285
East of England -19 281 £40,000 -21.52% 927
Yorkshire +1 267 £40,000 -20.00% 562
East Midlands +5 246 £37,500 -11.76% 488
North East +9 105 £41,000 -2.38% 97
Wales +13 79 £48,122 -2.00% 180
Northern Ireland -2 44 £52,500 +0.55% 80
Isle of Man -1 1 £62,500 +150.00% 1
Channel Islands -6 1 - - 1

Analytical Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 146 (2.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 90 (1.73%) Confluence
3 89 (1.71%) SharePoint
4 44 (0.85%) Apache Spark
4 44 (0.85%) CMS
5 20 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
5 20 (0.38%) SAS
6 18 (0.35%) WordPress
7 16 (0.31%) Apache
7 16 (0.31%) IIS
8 6 (0.12%) nginx
8 6 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 4 (0.077%) Camunda
9 4 (0.077%) Drupal
9 4 (0.077%) Skype for Business
10 3 (0.058%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.058%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.058%) HCL Notes
11 2 (0.038%) MTS
11 2 (0.038%) WinCC
Applications
1 782 (15.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 420 (8.08%) Chatbot
3 352 (6.77%) Microsoft Office
4 137 (2.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 67 (1.29%) MS Visio
6 59 (1.14%) Maya
7 39 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
8 36 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
9 21 (0.40%) AutoCAD
10 14 (0.27%) Adobe XD
11 8 (0.15%) SOLIDWORKS
12 5 (0.096%) CATIA
13 4 (0.077%) Oracle Smart View
13 4 (0.077%) Photoshop
13 4 (0.077%) PlantUML
13 4 (0.077%) Simulink
13 4 (0.077%) Sketch
14 3 (0.058%) Stata
15 2 (0.038%) Revit
15 2 (0.038%) Trello
Business Applications
1 148 (2.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 67 (1.29%) SAP MDG
3 56 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
4 48 (0.92%) NetSuite
5 39 (0.75%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 36 (0.69%) Shopify
7 32 (0.62%) SAP CO
8 31 (0.60%) Oracle Payables
9 29 (0.56%) SAP FI
10 28 (0.54%) SAP FI/CO
11 23 (0.44%) SAP IBP
12 21 (0.40%) Oracle Receivables
13 18 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
14 17 (0.33%) Endur
14 17 (0.33%) Oracle Assets
15 16 (0.31%) Workday HCM
16 13 (0.25%) Sage X3
17 11 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
17 11 (0.21%) Oracle General Ledger
17 11 (0.21%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 803 (15.45%) Azure
2 609 (11.72%) Power Platform
3 436 (8.39%) AWS
4 271 (5.21%) Microsoft 365
5 241 (4.64%) SaaS
6 158 (3.04%) GCP
7 143 (2.75%) Azure DevOps
8 100 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
9 80 (1.54%) GitHub
10 77 (1.48%) Snowflake
11 72 (1.39%) Entra ID
12 69 (1.33%) Azure Data Factory
13 68 (1.31%) Google Analytics
14 53 (1.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 52 (1.00%) Cloud Computing
15 52 (1.00%) Power Automate
16 49 (0.94%) dbt
17 48 (0.92%) Serverless
18 39 (0.75%) Microsoft Purview
19 37 (0.71%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 166 (3.19%) DNS
2 135 (2.60%) DHCP
3 126 (2.42%) Firewall
4 79 (1.52%) VPN
5 76 (1.46%) Network Security
6 71 (1.37%) Wi-Fi
7 62 (1.19%) LAN
8 61 (1.17%) WAN
9 47 (0.90%) Wireless
10 46 (0.88%) TCP/IP
11 44 (0.85%) Remote Desktop
12 36 (0.69%) VLAN
13 32 (0.62%) SMS
13 32 (0.62%) VoIP
14 25 (0.48%) OSPF
15 22 (0.42%) BGP
15 22 (0.42%) Internet
15 22 (0.42%) SAN
16 21 (0.40%) Broadband
16 21 (0.40%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 558 (10.73%) Power BI
2 359 (6.91%) Tableau
3 183 (3.52%) SQL Server
4 170 (3.27%) Data Warehouse
5 161 (3.10%) Data Mining
6 112 (2.15%) Metadata
7 111 (2.14%) Data Lake
8 107 (2.06%) Amazon RDS
9 100 (1.92%) Relational Database
10 65 (1.25%) NoSQL
11 57 (1.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 56 (1.08%) MySQL
13 53 (1.02%) Looker
14 47 (0.90%) SAP BW
15 45 (0.87%) Big Data
16 43 (0.83%) Amazon Redshift
16 43 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
17 41 (0.79%) GIS
18 39 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
19 37 (0.71%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 221 (4.25%) JIRA
2 101 (1.94%) Git
3 48 (0.92%) Selenium
4 45 (0.87%) Jenkins
5 42 (0.81%) GitLab
6 19 (0.37%) Bitbucket
7 18 (0.35%) Oracle Forms
8 16 (0.31%) Subversion
9 15 (0.29%) Cypress.io
9 15 (0.29%) Postman
9 15 (0.29%) Robot Framework
9 15 (0.29%) WebDriver
10 14 (0.27%) ERwin
11 13 (0.25%) ER Studio
11 13 (0.25%) Snyk
12 12 (0.23%) Balsamiq
13 11 (0.21%) Axure RP
14 10 (0.19%) Maven
14 10 (0.19%) Visual Studio
14 10 (0.19%) webpack
General
1 2,659 (51.15%) Social Skills
2 1,769 (34.03%) Finance
3 551 (10.60%) Marketing
4 343 (6.60%) Law
5 339 (6.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 308 (5.93%) Retail
7 286 (5.50%) Legal
8 246 (4.73%) Banking
9 243 (4.67%) Organisational Skills
10 238 (4.58%) Public Sector
11 223 (4.29%) Presentation Skills
12 211 (4.06%) Manufacturing
13 135 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
13 135 (2.60%) Telecoms
14 126 (2.42%) Financial Institution
15 123 (2.37%) Games
16 94 (1.81%) Electronics
17 81 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
18 80 (1.54%) Advertising
19 61 (1.17%) German Language
Job Titles
1 1,126 (21.66%) Analyst
2 658 (12.66%) Senior
3 418 (8.04%) Trainer
4 351 (6.75%) Lead
5 330 (6.35%) Data Analyst
6 322 (6.19%) Architect
7 225 (4.33%) Developer
8 207 (3.98%) Consultant
9 199 (3.83%) Business Analyst
10 168 (3.23%) Support Analyst
11 139 (2.67%) IT Support
11 139 (2.67%) Senior Analyst
12 136 (2.62%) Trainee
13 132 (2.54%) Solutions Architect
14 127 (2.44%) Systems Engineer
15 116 (2.23%) Trainee Analyst
15 116 (2.23%) Trainee Data Analyst
16 107 (2.06%) Business Manager
16 107 (2.06%) Senior Manager
17 105 (2.02%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 116 (2.23%) HTML
2 102 (1.96%) CSS
3 83 (1.60%) React
4 76 (1.46%) REST
5 65 (1.25%) .NET
6 56 (1.08%) Middleware
7 41 (0.79%) JSON
8 36 (0.69%) AngularJS
8 36 (0.69%) EDI
8 36 (0.69%) Node.js
9 34 (0.65%) Kafka
10 33 (0.63%) SOAP
10 33 (0.63%) XML
11 28 (0.54%) LangChain
11 28 (0.54%) Spring
12 26 (0.50%) PySpark
13 23 (0.44%) FIX Protocol
13 23 (0.44%) Oracle Fusion
13 23 (0.44%) Web Services
14 21 (0.40%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 525 (10.10%) Analytical Mindset
2 383 (7.37%) Self-Motivation
3 378 (7.27%) Onboarding
4 283 (5.44%) Management Information System
5 205 (3.94%) Product Ownership
6 164 (3.16%) Legacy Systems
7 136 (2.62%) Enterprise Software
8 94 (1.81%) Data Centre
9 83 (1.60%) Driving Licence
10 81 (1.56%) FMCG
11 72 (1.39%) Cloud Native
12 66 (1.27%) Data Structures
13 55 (1.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 52 (1.00%) Algorithms
14 52 (1.00%) Robotics
14 52 (1.00%) Virtual Team
15 49 (0.94%) Social Media
16 48 (0.92%) Security Posture
17 39 (0.75%) Low-Code
18 38 (0.73%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 343 (6.60%) Windows
2 239 (4.60%) Linux
3 154 (2.96%) Windows Server
4 97 (1.87%) Windows Server 2016
5 33 (0.63%) Unix
6 20 (0.38%) Mac OS
7 11 (0.21%) Windows 10
8 10 (0.19%) Android
9 7 (0.13%) Apple iOS
10 5 (0.096%) Mac OS X
11 4 (0.077%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.058%) OpenWrt
12 3 (0.058%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.038%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.019%) Data ONTAP
14 1 (0.019%) OpenVMS
14 1 (0.019%) Oracle Linux
14 1 (0.019%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.019%) VMS
14 1 (0.019%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,317 (44.57%) Problem-Solving
2 1,176 (22.62%) AI
3 1,119 (21.53%) Analytics
4 1,105 (21.26%) Continuous Improvement
5 1,012 (19.47%) Decision-Making
6 889 (17.10%) Agile
7 814 (15.66%) Project Management
8 754 (14.51%) Business Intelligence
9 659 (12.68%) Stakeholder Management
10 545 (10.48%) Data Analysis
11 449 (8.64%) Risk Management
12 436 (8.39%) Roadmaps
13 430 (8.27%) ERP
14 427 (8.21%) Chemistry
15 426 (8.20%) Cybersecurity
16 422 (8.12%) Conversational UI
17 420 (8.08%) Business Strategy
18 411 (7.91%) Analytical Thinking
19 408 (7.85%) CRM
20 407 (7.83%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 975 (18.76%) SQL
2 671 (12.91%) Python
3 152 (2.92%) Java
4 139 (2.67%) JavaScript
5 115 (2.21%) C#
6 112 (2.15%) PowerShell
7 70 (1.35%) R
8 57 (1.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 48 (0.92%) C++
10 45 (0.87%) T-SQL
11 42 (0.81%) VBA
12 41 (0.79%) Bash
13 32 (0.62%) TypeScript
14 31 (0.60%) Scala
15 21 (0.40%) C
15 21 (0.40%) PL/SQL
16 20 (0.38%) Go
17 16 (0.31%) Kotlin
18 14 (0.27%) ABAP
18 14 (0.27%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1,706 (32.82%) Degree
2 576 (11.08%) Master's Degree
3 452 (8.70%) Security Cleared
4 430 (8.27%) PhD
5 330 (6.35%) SC Cleared
6 212 (4.08%) Computer Science Degree
7 187 (3.60%) ACCA
8 179 (3.44%) CIMA
9 170 (3.27%) CISSP
10 112 (2.15%) DBS Check
11 99 (1.90%) PMI Certification
12 87 (1.67%) DV Cleared
13 83 (1.60%) CISM
14 81 (1.56%) PMP
15 75 (1.44%) Cisco Certification
16 63 (1.21%) Azure Certification
17 61 (1.17%) BPSS Clearance
17 61 (1.17%) CompTIA Security+
18 59 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
19 50 (0.96%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 311 (5.98%) Data Quality
2 260 (5.00%) QA
3 197 (3.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 186 (3.58%) GDPR
5 149 (2.87%) PCI DSS
6 147 (2.83%) Cyber Essentials
7 127 (2.44%) NIST
8 111 (2.14%) Accessibility
9 103 (1.98%) PMO
10 54 (1.04%) SLA
11 49 (0.94%) Actionable Recommendations
12 38 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 36 (0.69%) GRC
14 25 (0.48%) IFRS
15 18 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 18 (0.35%) WCAG
16 16 (0.31%) ISO 9001
17 15 (0.29%) COBIT
18 13 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
19 12 (0.23%) NCSC
System Software
1 240 (4.62%) Active Directory
2 121 (2.33%) Hyper-V
3 96 (1.85%) Terminal Server
4 55 (1.06%) Docker
5 52 (1.00%) VMware Infrastructure
6 19 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
7 16 (0.31%) Firmware
8 11 (0.21%) vSphere
9 9 (0.17%) ProxySG
10 8 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
11 3 (0.058%) Virtual Desktop
12 2 (0.038%) VMware NSX
13 1 (0.019%) BitLocker
13 1 (0.019%) NFS
13 1 (0.019%) VMware Server
13 1 (0.019%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.019%) zsh
Systems Management
1 87 (1.67%) Terraform
2 63 (1.21%) Kubernetes
3 57 (1.10%) Ansible
4 46 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
5 23 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
6 19 (0.37%) Prometheus
7 14 (0.27%) Grafana
8 13 (0.25%) SCCM
9 6 (0.12%) SCOM
10 5 (0.096%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 5 (0.096%) Nagios
10 5 (0.096%) QRadar
11 4 (0.077%) Nessus
11 4 (0.077%) Rancher
11 4 (0.077%) vRealize
12 3 (0.058%) CASB
12 3 (0.058%) Control-M
12 3 (0.058%) CSIRT
12 3 (0.058%) FortiGate
13 2 (0.038%) Argo
Vendors
1 1,187 (22.84%) Microsoft
2 418 (8.04%) PayPal
3 398 (7.66%) SAP
4 219 (4.21%) Oracle
5 170 (3.27%) Salesforce
6 167 (3.21%) Google
7 159 (3.06%) VMware
8 125 (2.40%) Splunk
9 124 (2.39%) SolarWinds
10 102 (1.96%) ServiceNow
11 97 (1.87%) Brocade
11 97 (1.87%) Tanium
11 97 (1.87%) Veeam
12 96 (1.85%) Nimble Storage
13 89 (1.71%) Databricks
14 83 (1.60%) Cisco
15 66 (1.27%) Adobe
16 53 (1.02%) Workday
17 48 (0.92%) Alteryx
18 43 (0.83%) Bloomberg